This blog site initially focused on renewable energy and the environment. But that was SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth. My next book, SS for Humanity, opened the subject area to everything else, including SETI, the afterlife, travel and cuisine. However, I still provide, now and then, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS.

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

ANYTHING GOOD HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD TODAY?

Nothing like a happy face to open this posting, as I was visited by Molly today to offset my mostly depressing blogs of the past few weeks: all the renewable energy options are in some state of challenge; worldwide (and especially in the USA), the masses are more and more listening to the disinformation specialists (those professional writers and congresspeople bankrolled by the fossil industry) on global climate change; Santa Ana winds up to 140 miles/hour (that's almost twice the minimum required of a hurricane) ripped through the American southwest; Europe is on the brink of bankruptcy; Islamics claimed the Tunisian and Egyptian elections and, yes, our government is screwed up. I certainly don't need to reference that.

As it is more and more looking like Mitt Romney will be the Republican challenger to Barack Obama, I can already make an early prediction that at the end of the day on 6November2012, not only will Obama be re-elected, the House will also be controlled by Democrats. Two key factors are that there will be a sufficient number of Republicans disenchanted with the Tea Party and others who will show a kind of religious prejudice by just not bothering to vote. John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic U.S. president (how many remember that Kennedy got 49.7% of the popular vote, but Richard Nixon received 49.5%), but Catholics represent about a quarter of our voters. Less than 2% of Americans are Mormons.

Two more delightful developments include the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team (Kanani Danielson and Britttany Hewitt below) winning last night, so will play the University of Southern California Trojans (is there a female version?) this coming Friday here in Honolulu for the Western Regionals.

Plus, after a tense first half, #1 LSU crushed Georgia, and will play Alabama in the BCS Championship game in the New Orleans Superdome on January 9. Coach Miles:

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WE MUST TAKE ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING NOW!

Last year surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record since the mid to late 19th century. Global sea level also rose to a new high, 2.75 inches higher than in 1993, when record-keeping began. Tropical cyclones were 25% higher than the average. The Arctic is melting, severely.

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WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE PRICE OF OIL?

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to gain a sense of what the financial community thinks will be the future price of crude oil. When I last viewed this Chicago Board of Trade (a NYMEX company) future contracts page on 110March2014, the futures price of oil in December 2022 was $78.59. This makes no sense to me.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND THE INFLATION RATE

The CPI is based on 1984 at 100. Thus, 241 means a 241% inflation since 1984.
There are various ways to look at this, but one is to subtract 100 from 241, getting 141, so the effective inflation today, nearly a third of a century later, is 141% higher. Another comparison is that the CPI in 1916 was 10.9, and is at 240.853 today, a hundred years later. Thus, the average commodity that sold for a buck then, today goes for $22.

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I am Director Emeritus of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii and co-founder of the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research.
I have published three SIMPLE SOLUTION books and have written more than 100 articles for the HUFFINGTON POST. I am working with an enlightened team to pioneer the BLUE REVOLUTION (http://bluerevolutionhawaii.blogspot.com/),
beginning with the development of the Pacific International Ocean Station.